Table of Contents

Storing RT

In the Storing RT module, you can define storing properties for internal storing on an OBSIDIAN device. Storing settings for each connected OBSIDIAN® device will appear once you are located in the device view (Dark mode).

NOTE: The full manual for the OBSIDIAN device can be found on the following link.

At the top of the setup screen, you can see the number of stored channels for each channel group.

Below, all the currently available drives (internal and external) are shown. When you click the … Browse button next to the drive, an additional window with the list of already stored files will open and you can delete or download them.

Storing Settings

In order to set up storing, you need to select a storing type:

  • Off - the storing module is disabled and the data will not be stored on the device.
  • Always fast - all data is stored on the device.
  • Always slow - only reduced/statistic data is stored on the device (Min, Max, Avg, RMS).
  • Fast on trigger - all data is stored to the device when a trigger condition occurs. If multiple triggers occur, data will be stored to one file with gaps between trigger conditions.
  • Fast on trigger, slow otherwise - all data will be stored on a trigger condition. When the trigger is not active, only reduced data will be stored.

In the Storing settings you can also define:

  • Name of the data file with the option of adding a suffix.
  • Stop storing after - You can define the amount of data either in MB, the format of time or number of trigger events.
  • Make a new file after - You can define the amount of data either in MB the format of time or number of trigger events.
  • Stop when disk is 90% full - storing will automatically stop when the disk is 90% full.
  • Keep only the last # of files - when the number of files exceeds this value, the oldest file will be deleted.
  • Delete the oldest file when the disk is #% full - when the disk is at the entered capacity, the oldest file will be deleted.

Trigger Module

If one of the trigger options is enabled, the following settings will appear:

  • Pre-time - Pre trigger time, defined in milliseconds. This value defines the storage duration before the trigger event occured.
  • Post time - Post trigger time, defined in milliseconds. This value defines the storage duration after the trigger event.
  • Holdoff time - Gives you the possibility to suppress trigger events for a certain time after the last event had happened.
  • Start storing condition
  • Stop storing condition
  • Don’t store conditon

Stored Data

OBSIDIAN device is a new device that has some limitations:

  • When CNT module is connected, you can only store Raw_edge and Raw_EdgeSep.
  • Only raw CAN data is stored on the OBSIDIAN device.
  • GPS channels can be stored when a GPS receiver is connected to the device.
  • Currenlty no mathematic channels are stored on the OBSIDIAN device.

Storing Restrictions

Storing on the device is limited by the performance of the embeded ARM processor. It is possible that it will not work properly for all device configurations, especially the configurations with high channel count and high sampling rates.

Please configure your device according to this table:

System Format Max # of AI channels stored with 20kHz
NTFS 24
FAT32* 48
EXT4* 52
exFAT 52
Internal Drive
  • FAT32 - can store data up to 4 GB in a single file.
  • EXT4 - there are different EXT4 formats (Quick/Lazy and Fast/Full), please make sure that you use Fast/Full format for better performance

NOTE: The calculations provided are based solely on the number of Analog Input channels. If additional channels are added to the system, such as CAN or online math channels, the system’s limitations will change. For precise calculations specific to your system, please contact our support team.